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War of the Rebellion 


Did Abraham Lincoln receive 


Aid from the Spirit World? 


Some Extracts from Mrs. Nettie Colburn Maynard's 
Book—“Was Abraham Lincoln a Spiritualist7 ,f 






T HE seances that I will refer to in this article were held in 1862 by Miss Net¬ 
tie Colburn, then a young girl, but later Miss Colburn became Mrs. May¬ 
nard, who wrote the book from which this extract is made. Miss Colburn, from 
a very early age had been subject to psychic influences and had become widely 
known around her home, in White Plains, New York, in Hartford, Conn.,and in 
many other places in the north, as a trance lecturer of great power. 

On the occasion of which I will write, she had been called to Washington, 
D. C.,in the interest of a soldier brother who was ill in a hospital,and for whom 
she was seeking influence to obtain a furlough. While in Washington, through 
mutual friends. Miss Colburn became known to Mrs. Lincoln and was requested 
by her to give a seance at the house of a friend of Mrs. Lincoln's in George¬ 
town. Miss Colburn had arranged to leave Washington the next day, but what 
was told Mrs. Lincoln at the seance was so in the line of the nation's affairs,that 





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Mrs. Lincoln insisted on Miss Colburn’s deferring her return until she could 
a seance at the White House in the presence of the President. 

The medium at these seances was always in a deep trance,but a friend,v ° 
always accompanied her,reported to her after she recovered consciousness, w 
had taken place; besides, Mrs. Lincoln always had friends who verified cb«. - 
reports. 

From here I will copy what Mrs. Maynard says of herself. 

“Some new and powerful influence obtained possession of my organism m i 
addressed Mrs. Lincoln, it seemed, with great clearness and force, on matter- 
of State. For one hour I was under control. When I awoke there was a mos 
earnest and excited group around me discussing what had been said; and Mrs. 
Lincoln said with great earnestness, ‘This young lady must not leave Washing¬ 
ton. I feel she must stay,and Mr. Lincoln must hear what we have heard. It is 
all important and he must hear it. Turning to me she said,‘Don’t think of leav¬ 
ing Washington, I beg you, Can you not stay with us?’ I briefly explained that 
my livelihood depended upon my efforts as a speaker, and that there was no 
opening for me in Washington.'But she said, ‘There are other things you can do!’ 

So, they arranged for her to stay for an indefinite time, and many seances 
were given at the White House and elsewhere during her stay in Washington. 

I will now describe her first visit to the White House and her first seance in the 
presence of Mr. Lincoln. I will describe it in her own words:— 

“Mr. and Mrs. Laurie and Mrs. Miller were duly presented. Then I wa 
brought forward and presented. He stood before me, tall and kindly with a 
smile on his face. Dropping his hand on my head, he said, in a humerous tone, 
‘So this is our little Nettie is it, that we have heard so much about?’ I could 
only smile and say, Yes sir, like any school girl; when he kindly led me to an 
ottoman. Sitting down in a chair, the ottoman at his feet, he began asking me 
questions in a kindly way, about my mediumship; and I think he must have 
thought me stupid as my answers were little beyond ‘Yes and No.’ His manner, 
however, was genial and kind, and it was suggested we form a circle. He said, 
“well, how do you do it’? Looking at me, Mr. Laurie came to the rescue, and 
said, ‘we had been accustomed to sit in a circle and join hands; but he did not 
think it would be necessary in this instance: While he was yet speaking, I lost 
consciousness of my surroundings and passed under control. For more than an 
hour I was made to talk to him and I learned from my friends afterward that 
it was upon matters that he seemed fully to understand,while they comprehend¬ 
ed very little until that portion was reached that related to the forthcoming 
Emancipation Proclamation. He was charged with the utmost solemnity and 
force of manner not to abate the terms of its issue, and not to delay it enforce¬ 
ment as a law beyond the opening of the year; and he was assured that its was 
to be the crowning event of his administration and life; and that, while he was 
being counseled by strong parties to defer the enforcement, hoping to supplant 
it by other measures, and to delay action, he must in no wise heed such counsel, 
but stand firm to his convictions and fearlessly perform the work and fulfill the 
mission for which he had been raised up by an overruling Providence. Those 
present declared that they lost sight of the timid girl in the majesty of the ut¬ 
terance,the strength and force of the language,and the importance of that which 
was conveyed and seemed to realize that some strong masculine spirit force was 


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giving speech to almost divine commands. I shall never forget the scene around 
me when I regained conciousness. I was standing in front of Mr. Lincoln, and 
he was sitting back in his chair with his arms folded upon his breast, looking 
intently at me. I stepped back, naturally confused at the situation—not remem 
bering at once where I was; and glancing around the group, where perfect si¬ 
lence reigned. It took me a moment to remember my whereabouts. 

“A gentlemen present then said in a low tone, ‘Mr. President, did you 
notice anything peculiar in the method of the address?’ 

“Mr. Lincoln raised himself as if shaking off his spell. He glanced quickly 
at the full length portrait of Daniel Webster, that hung above the piano and re¬ 
plied, ‘yes, and it is very singular, very!’ with a marked emphasis. 

“Mr. Somes said. ‘Mr. President, would it be improper for me to inquire 
whether there has been any pressure brought to bear upon you to defer the en¬ 
forcement of the Proclamation?’ To which the President replied?: ‘Under these 
circumstances that question is perfectly proper, as we are all friends (smiling 
upon the company). It is taking all my nerve and strength to withstand a pres¬ 
sure: At this point the gentlemen drew around him, and spoke together in low 
tones, Mr. Lincoln saying the least of all. At last he turned to me, and laying 
his hand upon my head, uttered these words in a manner that I shall never for¬ 
get: ‘My child, you possess a very singular gift; but that it is of God, I have 
no doubt. I thank you for coming here tonight. It is more important than per¬ 
haps any one present can understand, I must leave you all now, but I hope I 
shall see you again! He shook me kindly by the hand, bowed to the rest of the 
company,and was gone. We remained an hour longer, talking with Mrs. Lincoln 
and her friends.and then returned to Georgetown. Such was my first interview 
with Abraham Lincoln, and the memory of it is as clear and vivid as the evening 
on which it occurred.” 

The above i 3 an account of one among many seances held by Miss Nettie 
Colburn in the presence of Mr. Lincoln, and the seances held subsequently,were 
just as wonderful along the line of advice as to the management of State affairs 
at very critical periods of the war; and from the accounts given, Mr.Lincoln in¬ 
variably acted upon the advice thus given, and the results were always as pre¬ 
dicted. 

Who can read the account given above, and of the numerous other spiritual 
seances given in the presence of Mr.Lincoln,the accounts of which can be found 
in the book referred to, and fail to realize of what great moment these commu¬ 
nications were, at a time when the life of this great nation seemed to be hang¬ 
ing in a balance. On occasions of seances held by other mediums, at the White 
House, Mr. Lincoln was warned that his life was being sought. When he was 
so warned, he replied, ‘I see no other safeguard against Those Murderers than 
to be alwayg'ready to die as Christ advises it. We must all die sooner or later, 
and it makes very little difference to me whether I die by a dagger thrust 
through my breast or from inflammation of the lungs.” 

Who will deny that Abraham Lincoln was a spiritualist, and who can deny 
that the spirits were at hand to help and direct him. 

Since writing the above the writer has had a slate writing in the presence 
of the celebrated Slate-writer, Pierre L. O. A. Keeler, of Washington, D. C. 
On this occasion I wrote a note and held it in my hand asking Daniel Webster 



if it was true that he did, through the mediumship of Miss Nettie Colburn,urge 
Mr. Lincoln to promulgate the Emancipation Proclamation? In a short while I 
heard writing between the slates and when they were opened (two slates had 
been tied together) I found the following message over the signature of Daniel 
Webster. 


My Dear Sir: 

“Here I am, I wish you were able to spend a little time over here with me. 
It is most wonderful that we can meet and commune and know that death is not 
the end of us.I am thoroughly conscious this moment. I shall come to you again 
someway. I did give, through N. C. M., the famous Lincoln Emancipation Pro¬ 
clamation message/' 

“W. H. Plummer, Esq. Truly, Daniel Webster/' 

Following the above message came one from A. Lincoln, unexpected and 
unasked for— V (i 

“Dear Sir: 

“I have found out that Daniel Webster inspired the Emancipation Procla 
mation. 

“Mrs. Surratt was an innocent woman. Her persecutors here have suffered), 
more than she did from the time she was born till her career ended at the en 
of the rope" “A. Lincoln. 

I will also copy from the slate what Mrs. Surratt wrote which was wonder¬ 
ful and astonishing to me. 


“Dear Sir:'' 

Why did not Andrew Johnson save my life? It was sweet to me and my 
brilliant daughter needed me. I had nothing to do with the plot against Mr. 
Lincoln. My choking to death on the rope was horrible. It seemed months to 
me/' “Mary E. Surratt." 


The Nettie Maynard Book is out of print and we can furnish but a very 
limited number at $2.00 a copy postpaid. 

These folders furnished at 10 cts. postpaid or $5.00 per 100. 

W. H. Plummer, Publisher. Relay, Md. 


(Copyright 1912 by W. H. Plummer) 











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